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Headword:
Phrontôn
Adler number: phi,735
Translated headword: Fronto
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Of Emesa.[1] Rhetor. Lived under the emperor
Severus in Rome. In
Athens he was a rival teacher to the first
Philostratus[2] and to
Apsines of
Gadara.[3] He died in
Athens, aged about 60. He made
Longinus the critic,[4] son of his sister Frontonis, his heir. He wrote numerous speeches.
Greek Original:Phrontôn, Emisênos, rhêtôr, gegonôs epi Seuêrou tou basileôs en Rhômêi. en de Athênais antepaideuse Philostratôi tôi prôtôi kai Apsinêi tôi Gadarei. eteleutêse de en Athênais, peri x# etê gegonôs: kai tês adelphês Phrontônidos paida onta Longinon ton kritikon katelipen klêronomon. egrapse de suchnous logous.
Notes:
Keywords: biography; chronology; geography; rhetoric; women
Translated by: Malcolm Heath on 23 March 1999@15:36:13.
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